Effects of filamentous algae and deposited matter on the survival of Fucus vesiculosus L. germlings in the Baltic Sea

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-11

  Berger, Rita ^a   Henriksson, Emma ^b   Kautsky, Lena ^b   Malm, Torleif ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Fucus; Interspecific competition; Macroalgae; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

FILAMENTOUS ALGA; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SURVIVAL;

BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; CLADOPHORA; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; EUKARYOTA; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; HALOPHILA;

EID: 0037281733     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022136900630     Document Type: Article

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